Currently Reviewing: Welcome to the NHK
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![Sato tries to clean his room. He goes out to lunch with his Mom, Masaki pretending to be his girlfriend. He feels bad. He tries to tell his mom their […]](https://explodedgoat.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/WelcometoTheNHK_ep8_shot1-115x115.png "Episode 8: Welcome to Chinatown")
Episode 8: Welcome to Chinatown
Posted on January 21, 2014 | No CommentsSato tries to clean his room. He goes out to lunch with his Mom, Masaki pretending to be his girlfriend. He feels bad. He tries to tell his mom their […] -
![This episode’s title refers to a two-day period before everything in Sato’s life will be placed under a pressure with which it cannot bare: parental scrutiny. Last episode’s humiliation in […]](https://explodedgoat.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/WelcometoTheNHK_ep7_shot2-115x115.png "Episode 7: Welcome to the Moratorium")
Episode 7: Welcome to the Moratorium
Posted on January 19, 2014 | No CommentsThis episode’s title refers to a two-day period before everything in Sato’s life will be placed under a pressure with which it cannot bare: parental scrutiny. Last episode’s humiliation in […] -
![My God, Welcome to the NHK is a downer, a depressing show with human misery front and center, 24/7. Sato’s misery might be the most obvious and direct, but it […]](https://explodedgoat.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/WelcometoTheNHK_ep6_shot1-115x115.png "Episode 6: Welcome to the Classroom")
Episode 6: Welcome to the Classroom
Posted on January 15, 2014 | No CommentsMy God, Welcome to the NHK is a downer, a depressing show with human misery front and center, 24/7. Sato’s misery might be the most obvious and direct, but it […] -
![At heart, Welcome the the NHK has a series of very dodgy relationships. Central is, of course, Sato and Misaki, a 23 year old man and a 17 year old […]](https://explodedgoat.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/WelcometoTheNHK_ep5_shot1-115x115.png "Episode 5 – Welcome to the Counseling")
Episode 5 – Welcome to the Counseling
Posted on January 13, 2014 | No CommentsAt heart, Welcome the the NHK has a series of very dodgy relationships. Central is, of course, Sato and Misaki, a 23 year old man and a 17 year old […] -
![An extension of the previous episode’s depravity, “Welcome to the New World” is like a trip into a weird hell for Sato. It’s a hell he thinks is a heaven […]](https://explodedgoat.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/WelcometoTheNHK_ep4_shot2-115x115.png "Episode 4: Welcome to the New World")
Episode 4: Welcome to the New World
Posted on January 8, 2014 | No CommentsAn extension of the previous episode’s depravity, “Welcome to the New World” is like a trip into a weird hell for Sato. It’s a hell he thinks is a heaven […] -
![Sato is loathsome. By the end of this episode, the NEET shut-in who can barely talk to other people has a) spent a week playing porny Japanese games, b) woken […]](https://explodedgoat.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/WelcometoTheNHK_ep3_shot2-115x115.png "Episode 3: Welcome to the Beautiful Girls")
Episode 3: Welcome to the Beautiful Girls
Posted on January 6, 2014 | No CommentsSato is loathsome. By the end of this episode, the NEET shut-in who can barely talk to other people has a) spent a week playing porny Japanese games, b) woken […] -
![Welcome to the NHK is fueled entirely by Sato’s ego, and his denial about his circumstances. At the beginning of the episode Misaki offers him a contract for her support […]](https://explodedgoat.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/WelcometoTheNHK_ep2_shot2-115x115.png "Episode 2: Welcome to the Creator")
Episode 2: Welcome to the Creator
Posted on January 3, 2014 | No CommentsWelcome to the NHK is fueled entirely by Sato’s ego, and his denial about his circumstances. At the beginning of the episode Misaki offers him a contract for her support […] -
![Hikikomori – social self-rejects. Sponging off of their parents, without the wherewithal to get out of their apartments, get jobs, get training, get educated. People who have seen the world, […]](https://explodedgoat.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2013/10/WelcometoTheNHK_ep1_shot2-115x115.png "Episode 1: Welcome to the Conspiracy")
Episode 1: Welcome to the Conspiracy
Posted on October 14, 2013 | No CommentsHikikomori – social self-rejects. Sponging off of their parents, without the wherewithal to get out of their apartments, get jobs, get training, get educated. People who have seen the world, […] -
![The irony is that this is the first episode to center around the younger detective, Maniwa, after he is no longer a detective, but an insane vigilante, viewing himself as […]](https://explodedgoat.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2013/05/PA12_shot1-115x115.png "Episode 12: Radar Man")
Episode 12: Radar Man
Posted on May 21, 2013 | No CommentsThe irony is that this is the first episode to center around the younger detective, Maniwa, after he is no longer a detective, but an insane vigilante, viewing himself as […] -
![Confusion and ambiguity are different, but are easily mistaken for each other. It may be an oversold notion that an ambiguous narrative is superior to a clear/fully realized narrative, but […]](https://explodedgoat.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2013/05/PA11_shot4-115x115.png "Episode 11: No Entry")
Episode 11: No Entry
Posted on May 19, 2013 | No CommentsConfusion and ambiguity are different, but are easily mistaken for each other. It may be an oversold notion that an ambiguous narrative is superior to a clear/fully realized narrative, but […]